Andrew James Couzens

A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828-2017

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Produktbeschreibung

'A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828-2017' is a cultural history of the bushranger legend on stage and screen from colonial to contemporary Australia. It provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms through which bushrangers became an indelible part of the Australian cultural consciousness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781783088911
• ISBN-10: 1783088915
• Artikelnr.: 54846976

Autorenporträt

By Andrew James Couzens

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Defining the Bushranger Legend
Part 1: Establishing the Legend
1. The First Bushranger Melodrama
2. Alfred Dampier and the Nationalistic Melodrama
3. Wild West Shows and Wild Australia
4. Hippodramas and Edward Irham Cole
Part 2: Developing the Legend
5. The Bushranger Genre from Stage to Screen
6. The Bushranger Ban
7. British and American Interventions in the Bushranger Legend
8. Radical Nationalism and the Bushranger Legend
Part 3: Fragmenting the Legend
9. Historical Revisionism and the Bushranger Legend
10. Diversification and Inclusiveness of the Bushranger Legend
11. Globalization of the Bushranger Legend in Outlaw Road Movies
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.